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TIL the world's first Ball Pit was at Seaworld in San Diego

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k8g4 TIL that the Japanese translate “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” as “Monty Python and the Holy Sake Cup” and that the Knights Who Say Ni in the Japanese version wanted a bonsai tree instead of a shrubbery.
6ELZl TIL the voice actor for Scruff McGruff the crime dog was sentenced to 16 years in prison after police found over 1,000 marijuana plants, guns, a grenade launcher and ammo in his home.
YPAW TIL that in 2009, Mexico released a list of their top 37 most-wanted drug lords. Since then, 18 have been captured, 8 are dead, and 11 remain at large.
jNONQ TIL eating fruit is healthier than drinking that fruit as a juice or smoothie because eating makes you release stomach acid and digestion hormones as well as enzymes in your saliva that break down food. This process is called the cephalic phase of digestion and drinking foods bypasses most of it.
jvPN TIL that harvesting cork from the cork tree does not kill it, and regrows fully in 9 years.